ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 15, 2022

Yet many don’t know what makes an agency a ‘great’ fit. Some companies fall victim to the “big budget, big agency; small budget, small agency” myth. Regardless of whether an agency is big or small, it’s the account team is usually comprised of a few dedicated team members who will deliver on the company’s objectives.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 27, 2018

Deciding it’s time to invest in PR is one thing, but selecting the right agency is another. What’s more, the people who are skilled at internal communications aren’t always prepared to conduct an agency search. Instead, rely on a one-pager that outlines the goals for partnering with a PR agency.

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OnePitch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

While she’s focused generally on consumer PR over her nearly 20 years in the industry, she’s had deep experience in food and beverage, restaurants, and retail communications while working at everything from boutique to global PR agencies in Chicago and Columbus. This is actually a new role for the agency, one that I was thrilled to take on.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

PR professionals are expected to create thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engage with reporters on social media, send swag (when appropriate), maintain relevant media lists, and manage all follow-through with reporters and journalists. Media Measurement. Relationship building takes time. Internal Communications.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MARCH 5, 2024

However, media pitching and media relations to secure earned media still dominate the industry. The Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) and member agency Buchanan Public Relations released ‘ The State of Earned Media 2023 ’ report a few months ago. This has made it more challenging to pitch stories successfully.

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Prohibition

JULY 7, 2023

Understanding the role of a food PR agency While some food and beverage businesses may have an in-house PR team, many choose to collaborate with specialised food PR agencies to maximise their PR efforts. Food PR agencies are experts in the field, with a deep understanding of the industry’s nuances and trends.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

And we’ve written about what agencies need from their client partners in order to be successful. The chief parameters of the client-agency relationship are covered in the letter of agreement, and planning documents will further outline expectations. Has the agency maintained staffing as promised? Beyond The LOA.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 6, 2021

OnePitch recommends reporters to pitch; ResponseSource shuts down #journorequest curation; Meltwater acquires Owler; Critical Mention adds “cast & crew” TV data. Can your agency bring big ideas and execute? OnePitch feature recommends reporters to pitch. As the saying goes, one-half of strategy is deciding what not to do.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

The PR pro sends thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engages with reporters on social media, sends swag (when appropriate), maintains relevant media lists, and manages all follow-through with reporters and journalists. It’s also common for specialized agencies to be hired on a project basis for repositioning or when market research is required.

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OnePitch

JUNE 16, 2022

She began her career in the editorial department at InStyle magazine, before transitioning into the world of corporate communications at a leading talent agency, and eventually, consumer PR. What’s the best pitch of yours that resulted in coverage and what elements made it successful? What made this pitch successful is simple: 1.)

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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 3, 2021

The May edition of WaddsCon covered a range of topics from the COVID-19 impact on client/agency relations to the impact on print, and from measurement frameworks to professionalism in public relations. Orla Graham, account director, CARMA spoke about measurement and shared a practical approach to developing a framework.

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Onclusive

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This initiative can be anything from a new product launch, to a proposal to increase spend on a branding campaign, or a significant investment with a new agency—to name a few. Think of it as a sales pitch with robust data and justification. Which resources will help you address the challenges that you have?

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 21, 2020

WTF The worst example of measurement in a PR campaign. The objective will be wholly unconnected from organisational outcomes and measurement will be based on advertising value equivalent (AVE). Mind the gap The agency with the largest gender pay gap and least diverse representation in its management team.

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Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 12, 2017

As I wrote about in my last post , my approach to PR measurement has evolved over the years. In my last two jobs – one agency and one in house – I’ve used SeeDepth to monitor and measure results. Defining share of voice: When asked to measure share of voice, you should first ask “Share of voice for what, specifically?”

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Landis PR

AUGUST 30, 2021

You will want to have business goals before engaging with a public relations agency. We measure success based on our strategic communications plan and how it helps you achieve your business goals. We will ask you some other questions to determine if your business is ready to engage with an agency like ours. Prepared for success.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today’s PR pros must not only navigate, research and pitch in an increasingly complex media environment but also track (monitor) and measure the results in a way that resonates with stakeholders. You can even give PR CoPilot a custom prompt, and it will incorporate it into your press release or media pitch email within seconds.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 1, 2019

There are all types of PR problems, but the one that nobody wants to deal with is the public relations program that just isn’t generating traction, or one where outcomes fall short of expectations by the client or PR agency. ” But most PR agencies have become more sophisticated about goal-setting and measurement. .”

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 18, 2022

At a top PR agency , winning a new client is when the real work starts. From understanding the sector or project, to organizing onboardings, media lists and pitches, startup can be a whirlwind. It’s the time to understand PR goals as well as business goals, and agree on how success will be measured for the program.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 18, 2022

At a top PR agency , winning a new client is when the real work starts. From understanding the sector or project, to organizing onboardings, media lists and pitches, startup can be a whirlwind. It’s the time to understand PR goals as well as business goals, and agree on how success will be measured for the program.

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How To Case Study Meeting Pitching 203

Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 10, 2017

At my first agency job, the majority of my day was spent faxing press releases to media outlets, and taping newspaper and magazine articles into giant “clip books” while calculating the number of estimated reader impressions achieved. This was PR measurement. Agencies are often asked to include competitive comparisons in reports.

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5W PR

JANUARY 3, 2024

Pitching story ideas to journalists to secure media coverage. Utilizing data to measure the effectiveness of marketing efforts. The success of PR is measured by changes in perception, trust, and overall reputation. Meanwhile, success in marketing is measured by metrics such as sales, leads, and return on investment (ROI).

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Prospective clients often tell us that their agency is hard-working, smart, and collegial, but that they simply don’t prioritize top-tier media coverage. So, even if you assume fully half of the professional PR population isn’t engaged in active media pitching, it’s a large number and an unhealthy ratio.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

For all we’ve written about the importance of understanding your KPIs and measuring things that drive business results, it’s astounding that the crude metrics of views, likes and comments are given credence as a sign of effectiveness in this case. Measure what matters! Metrics Strategy measurement strategy'

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

The company caught my eye when it said it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze a reporter’s pitching preferences. The idea is helping PR understand how reporters prefer to be pitched and improve your chances of coverage. Vetted is like a blend of HARO and ProNet, but it doesn’t allow pitching.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2021

The study, the seventh annual, is based on a poll of “more than 300 agency and in-house executives from across the world.”. Among agencies, “92% of agencies say that client expectations of creativity have risen since the onset of the pandemic.”. Journalists respond to just 3.27% of pitches.

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The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2017

I spent six years in traditional PR agencies before moving to digital marketing where I spent a further six years specialising in SEO and working in-house with my clients to integrate digital marketing. I know how many specialist agencies there now are offering communications. There is no silver-bullet in PR measurement.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Maybe you’ve never worked at a PR agency. Or perhaps you started your career at an agency, moved client side, and are now considering a return to agency life. Either way, making a move to a top PR agency can have a tremendously positive impact on your career growth, but there are also a few things to consider.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 11, 2018

Seeing a client’s interview in a key publication is still a quintessential public relations win, so PR pros spend a lot of time perfecting media pitching. But once we get a “yes” to a pitch or interview request, it’s no time to sit back and relax. PR measures up. PR leverage and amplification.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 26, 2019

Any public relations agency today needs nearly instant resources — from details on media preferences to data that informs our pitches and programs. There’s only so much time to spend on routine work like monitoring and measuring, yet these tasks are extremely important to any ongoing PR agency-client relationship.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution. This blog is just a cover story for an incredible marketing and PR agency serving B2B tech. Recommendations suggesting contacts to pitch.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 28, 2021

PR Agency Owner Started Making Homegrown PR Software; Today it’s a VC-backed Startup; Off Script No. Zach Cutler says he built a $1 million PR agency by age 28 and when he couldn’t find a PR software product for managing the work that he liked, he started developing one. 47: Zach Cutler Co-founder and CEO at Propel.

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Konnect Agency

OCTOBER 25, 2023

At Konnect Agency, our experts have identified some common pitfalls we’ve seen in Public Relations, Social Media and influencer, Creative, and Paid marketing…and our tips on how to avoid them. Open-Ended Pitches: Editors are bombarded with pitches daily, and their time is precious.

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The Resolution Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

I worked in PR and did a lot of traditional pitching and working with journalists and media people. With inbound, journalists can browse stories that are relevant to them in their own time rather than be spammed by pitches in their inbox. They get thousands of email pitches per day. Measurement can be quite interesting here.

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Mindful Marketing

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Hiring an agency can seem pretty cool – having a dedicated team of professionals promoting you and your business all day sounds nice, right? And unless you’re tracking and measuring their performance, that cost can quickly become a money pit. So when is the right time to hire a PR agency? That depends.

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5W PR

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Think of this as the company’s elevator pitch with some festival flair. Tracking and learning Measure the social media engagement, website traffic, and leads generated during and after the event. The post What is SXSW and How to Prepare Your Brand to Attend appeared first on Public Relations Blog | 5W PR Agency | PR Firm.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Both in-house and agency marketing teams will be defending the year’s work, planning for 2016 and securing (or hopefully expanding!) Unfortunately there is no silver bullet measurement tool. This helps you measure how a campaign or individual piece of content performs. Check out our PR measurement tool. Want to know more?

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5W PR

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Today, public relations is a lot more about how this type of communication improves the client’s bottom line and a lot less about who or what’s being pitched to the press. Measurable Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Agencies should create Key Performance Indicators from the very beginning of their work with a client.

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